(a) Includes broadacre crops, hay and silage, nurseries, cut flowers and cultivated turf, fruit and nuts, and vegetables.np not published

KEY LAND USE POINTS

In 2013-14, the area of land:

used for agriculture in Australia increased by 2% from 2012-13, to 406 million hectares. This was driven by increases in Queensland and South Australia and partially offset by decreases in the Northern Territory and Western Australia.

planted to crops fell by 5%.

planted to vegetables remained fairly steady, accounting for less than 1% of total agricultural land in Australia.

used for grazing accounted for84% of agricultural land in Australia.

FARM MANAGEMENT, year ended 30 June 2014

Aust.

NSW

Vic.

Qld

SA

WA

Tas.

NT

ACT

Average age of respondent (yrs)

57

57

57

55

55

56

57

52

61

Average time respondent involved in farming (yrs)

33

33

34

33

32

33

35

24

33

Male respondents (%)

77

77

79

71

82

82

83

65

84

Female respondents (%)

23

23

21

29

18

18

17

35

16

SOURCES OF FARM INCOME (%)

Agricultural production on holding

70

67

74

67

75

76

67

75

56

Grants, government transfers, relief funding

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

1

1

Off-farm employment/business activities

23

25

20

26

19

17

25

17

35

Other sources

6

7

5

6

5

6

7

5

8

Not stated

0

0

0

0

1

np

1

1

0

np not published

KEY FARM MANAGEMENT POINTS

In 2013-14, key attributes of Australian farm management were:

Of all survey respondents, 92% reported that they were the owner or operator of the business for which they were reporting.

The number of male respondents greatly outweighed the number of female respondents, with 77% of respondents being male.

The average number of years respondents were involved in farming was 33.4. Of the states/territories, Tasmania had the highest average at 34.6 years and Northern Territory the lowest at 24.4 years.

The main source of income for reporting businesses was from agricultural production on the holding. At the national level, an average of 70% of income was generated on-farm.

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